Best PlacesDon Luis, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Don Luis, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Don Luis ranks 44,403rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Don Luis
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Don Luis' strengths and weaknesses
Where Don Luis ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 156 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of towns
- BikingBetter than 80% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 77% of towns
- Short commute22.7 minutes each way, better than 76% of towns
Where Don Luis ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$37,693 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Don Luis
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Don Luis home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $37,693, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Don Luis' effective rate of 0.55%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Don Luis
Don Luis runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Don Luis.
Who works in Don Luis, and how
Work in Don Luis centers on public administration and admin & support services. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Don Luis
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Don Luis.
What the weather is like in Don Luis, month by month
Don Luis sees roughly 156 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 44° | 26° |
| April | 82° | 63° | 41° |
| July | 97° | 81° | 66° |
| October | 85° | 66° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Don Luis
The nearest airport, Tucson International, is about 78 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Phoenix Sky Harbor International, about 186 miles away.
The best schools in and around Don Luis
Schools across Don Luis average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Greenway Primary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lowell SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Bisbee High SchoolF · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Don Luis school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Don Luis measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Don Luis against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Don Luis
Is Don Luis a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Don Luis ranks 44,403rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, cell coverage, and biking, and lowest on the schools and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Don Luis expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $120,758. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $37,693 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Don Luis safe?
Don Luis is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $656 per resident a year.
Compare Don Luis with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Don Luis. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Don Luis represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Don Luis detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Don Luis: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Don Luis: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Don Luis: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Don Luis: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Don Luis detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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